No mind-expanding drugs muddied Deva's alternate
vision of a decent lifestyle
though she fantasized
about sex
daily,
mere
thoughts
urged on
ecstasy
and fleshy pleasures
she had never known existed
among her parent's restrictive social traditions.
Deva meditated about Tom, Lexi, Ryan—
even Michelle…practiced kissing
them all in front of
siblings and
elders
sans
shame
flaunting
cheeky deeds
unhampered by guilt
unhindered by caution, neither
worried by infamous disgrace, nor thoughts of regret.
Deva's alternative to rules and regulations
became retro's pattern of bliss
fully realized
after she
firmly
shunned
stiff
mandates
defined by
others, commandments
etched on granite posterity
behavior contrary to her natural instincts.
